To write a percent as a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the left and remove the percent symbol.
Decimal: 0.26 Model:
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Fractions, decimals, and percents are three ways to show parts of a whole. We want to write a percent as a decimal. To write a percent as a decimal, we ignore the percent symbol and move the decimal point two places to the left.
We found that 26 % expressed as a decimal is 0.26. We can also use a model to represent this number.